Administration of Nonprofit Agencies Concentration (Master of Public Administration)

The concentration in Administration of Nonprofit Agencies is designed to serve principally those who seek advancement in careers in the not-for-profit sector. The concentration also will serve, and is appropriate for, those with bachelor’s degrees but no current or previous relevant employment. The Nonprofit Administration option might be of particular interest to those with undergraduate degrees in social work, sociology, economics, health care, political science, business, psychology, or communications.

Knowledge Base. Same as for the General Program.

Requirements. Thirty-nine credits (forty-two credits for students requiring an internship), as follows:

1. Core courses (15 credits).
   PUB 500 - Politics, Policy, and Public Administration.  
   PUB 501 - Administrative Organization and Behavior.  
   PUB 502 - Management in Public and Nonprofit Organizations.  
   PUB 506  / HCR 506 - Research Methods.  
   One From:
   PUB 571  / ECN 571 - Public Economics.  
   PUB 596  / POL 596 - Intergovernmental Relations.   
2. Administrative Functions and Processes (12 credits). 
   PUB 520 - Resource Development and Administration.  
   PUB 525 - Legal and Regulatory Issues in Nonprofit Administration.  
   PUB 540 - Volunteerism and the Independent Sector.  
   One From:
   PUB 503 - Personnel Issues in Public Service.  
   PUB 504 - Ethical Issues in Public Administration.  
   PUB 518  / HCR 518 - Budgeting in Public and Nonprofit Organizations.  
3. Analytical Methods (6 credits).
   From:
   PUB 523 - Accounting in Government and Non-Profit Organizations.  
   PUB 575  / ECN 575 - Cost-Benefit Analysis.  
   PUB 580  / ECN 580 - Quantitative Methods for Public Administration.  
   PUB 508  / HCR 508 - Evaluation of Services and Programs.   
   PUB 527  / HCR 527  / PSY 527 - Personnel Selection and Evaluation.   
4. Applied Research (6 credits).
   PUB 593  / HCR 593 - Practicum in Research Design.  
   One From:
   PUB 595  / HCR 595 - Practicum in Applied Research.  
   PUB 502 - Management in Public and Nonprofit Organizations.  *
   PUB 596  / POL 596 - Intergovernmental Relations.  *
   PUB 571  / ECN 571 - Public Economics.  *
   ECN 575 - Cost-Benefit Analysis.  *
5. Internship (0-3 credits).
   PUB 590 . The internship is not required of those students who are practicing administrators or who have had two or more years of experience in an administrative capacity.

*Each of these courses requires a substantial research project similar in scope to PUB 595  and cannot be double counted to meet requirements in any other section of the MPA program.